Weather Alerts For Jerome, IL

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT # SUMMARY -------------------- At 412 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pawnee, or 10 miles northeast of Virden, moving east at 20 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE - Pawnee, Kincaid, Edinburg, Tovey, Bulpitt, Sangchris Lake State Park, and Glenarm. - This includes Interstate 55 between mile markers 81 and 86. - This also includes Sangchris Lake State Park. ISSUED AT Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Lincoln IL HEADER Special Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Christian, Sangamon

Closest strike: 9.05 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.